When the first rays of dawn appeared, Shouchun City had already changed hands.

The smoke cleared, and the dust settled.

The streets and alleys of the city were empty, except for the Xiliang Jiashi standing in the streets and alleys, there was no one.

There was not a single wisp of cooking smoke in the huge city, not even the sound of chickens and dogs barking, only gusts of cold wind blowing, cold and silent.

At first glance, there seems to be no one in the city, the wind is gusting, cold, and very mad.

"Da Da Da!"

With the crisp sound of horses' hooves coming from the west gate, this eerie silence was instantly broken, bringing some vitality to the largest city in Huainan. At least prove that this is not a dead city, it is still inhabited. It's just that the people are all up late today, and they are still closed and haven't "gotten up" yet.

The sound of horses' hooves drew closer and closer, and then they galloped through the street and headed straight for the governor's mansion.

The so-called Prefecture Pastoral Mansion was the imperial palace of the previous Zhong regime, but it was renamed again from last night, and the original county governance was restored, which was still the Jiujiang County Governor's Mansion and temporarily served as the Yangzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion.

In addition, this huge and majestic palace is also the temporary residence of the great general Li Li, that is, the palace of the Chinese army marshal who rebelled against the army.

At the same time, since last night, the defense of Shouchun City has been taken over by the Tiger Benying Camp under Dian Wei's account, and the four city gates are all controlled by him. The other two Allied troops were temporarily stationed outside the city, but moved into the city this afternoon; The Jiangdong Army under Sun Ce's account was stationed in the east of the city, and the Xuzhou Army under Lu Bu's account was stationed in the west of the city.

The Xiliang Army under Li Li was divided into two, and the Youzhou battalion led by Gongsun Zhan, Kebineng and Ma Dai was still stationed in the camp outside the south gate. More than 10,000 cavalry led by the Tiger Battalion, the Three Thousand Golden Guards and Xu Huang were stationed in the city. The Tiger Camp took over the city defense, Xu Huang's troops and horses maintained law and order in the city, and Jin Yiwei was responsible for the security of the state governor's mansion.

The reason why Li Li arranged it this way. It was not that Sun Ce and Lu Bu were forbidden to lead their troops into the city overnight, but that the two of them had led the army out of the city to pursue Yuan Shu at the third watch last night, and they have not returned yet. Therefore, the camps of the Jiangdong Army and the Xuzhou Army were still outside the city for the time being, and they could lead the army into the city and be stationed in the city after they returned to the city.

After all, it's a cold winter. It was too cold to camp outside the city, but it was warmer inside the city. In addition, there were many vacant barracks and houses in the city, which were enough to garrison tens of thousands of troops. These houses were all left by Yuan Shu, and they came in handy right now.

After a night of turmoil, Shouchun City has indeed changed hands and is included in Li Li's name.

However, Yuan Shu fled Shouchun before the city was broken. His whereabouts are unknown. It is not known whether he fled west or east, or even from which gate he escaped. But it is certain that last night Yuan Jun suddenly broke out of the city to cover the escape of Yuan Shu and his son Yuan Yao, and the final result was that Yuan Shu's father and son successfully escaped from Shouchun.

Now, although Yuan Shu's whereabouts cannot be determined, it is known that he escaped from the east and west gates, and the general direction is very clear. After breaking the city last night, Lu Bu led the wolf cavalry out of the west gate. Look for catch-ups along the way; Sun Ce led his cavalry out of the east gate and pursued to the east.

?????? State Pastoral Office. The main hall lobby.

This is a rather luxurious and huge palace, which is not inferior to the Changle Palace in Chang'an City, and even in terms of decoration and utensils, its noble and luxurious Cheng dù is far superior to the Changle Palace. It is not difficult to see from this that Yuan Shu is a very hedonistic person with high taste.

Nowadays, the people of Huainan are hungry and fleeing in all directions, but Yuan Shu is arrogant and lascivious, and he is extremely hedonistic. At this point, Li Li sighed to himself, beyond his reach.

But now, this palace has changed owners and has become Li Li's general in Huainan.

In the empty hall, Li Ligao sat on Yuan Shu's dragon chair, looking through the books stacked on the desk.

These bamboo slips are all Huainan military and civilian books compiled by Guo Jia, Xun You, and generals Zhang Xun and Yuan Yin overnight, covering all aspects of the states and counties under Yuan Shu's rule. The first thing to bear the brunt of the treasure is the rare toys stored in the treasury of Shouchun Mansion, valuable utensils, gold and silver, money, food, ordnance and other baggage. This was followed by the number of troops and the number of registered people under Yuan Shu's rule, as well as the urgent war reports of the states and counties under the jurisdiction of Huainan in the recent period. In addition, there is also a list of 100 officials rewarded by the Zhong regime and their fiefdoms, a genealogical register of the Yuan clan in Huainan, and a detailed registration of concubines, maids and eunuchs in the imperial court, and so on.

These trivial affairs seem to be inconspicuous, but for the superiors, they can not be careless at all, and they dare not slack off at all, and they must be the first to understand the military and political affairs and people's livelihood under Yuan Shu's rule, as well as the number of remaining soldiers and horses under Yuan Shu's command and the list of families in Jianghuai who support and support his ascension to the throne and become emperor. This is an urgent and urgent matter.

Only by understanding the remnants of Yuan Shu's forces in time could Li Li make an accurate judgment of the current situation, and then prescribe the right medicine and start to deal with these remnants. Efforts should be made in the shortest possible time to eliminate the remnants, eliminate the stubborn forces, rectify the rule of officials, and restore normal order in all counties and counties. Only in this way can Li Li take over the prefectures and counties left by Yuan Shu, truly gain a firm foothold in Huainan, and then slowly figure it out, further expand the results of the battle, and strengthen his strength.

Up to this moment, since last night, Li Li has flipped through dozens of bamboo slips and sat for four hours. Even so, half of the books piled up on the desk have not been read. According to his flipping speed, it is estimated that he will not move the place for a day today, and he will spend the whole day looking through bamboo slips.

The footsteps of "tom tom" came into the main hall, and Li Zhi, who had been standing behind Li Li, stepped up lightly, signaling Guo Jia and the others not to be silent, and not to disturb Li Li to read the book. And Li Li, who was sitting in the upper hall, really didn't raise his head, still looked at the bamboo slips, and from time to time he sat on the desk and made instructions on the bamboo slips. The briefs of these instructions are all matters that need to be solved urgently, and each of the approved briefs is selected by Li Zhi alone, and then immediately sent someone to Xun You, so that he can handle it immediately without delay.

Guo Jia, who received the signal, immediately understood, and immediately smiled apologetically at Zhang Xun and Yuan Yin who were following behind, and then invited him to move to the side hall to talk.

The so-called side hall is actually in the main hall. It is located on both sides of the main hall, and there is a seven-foot-high screen between it and the main hall. Li Li, who was high in the upper hall, could still see them, and they could also look up and see Li Li sitting on the dragon chair. But the distance is very far, at least thirty or so steps.

"Neglect the two. My father-in-law does not like to be disturbed when dealing with government affairs, and it has always been the case. I hope that the two of you will be more considerate and don't be too careful. Behind the screen on the left side of the hall, Guo Jia invited Zhang Xun and Yuan Yin to sit down, and explained kindly.

The military advisor said heavily. The Lord is busy with government affairs, and we should wait. This is the duty of a courtier. Yuan Yin bowed in response. Zhang Xun nodded in agreement, his attitude was extremely humble, respectful and polite.

Truly. Now the two of them are subordinate ministers, and they only changed their ways last night to serve under Li Li. Since you are a subordinate, you must have the consciousness of sending people under the fence. Now is not the case, and the subordinates should have a humble attitude. Abide by the rules and understand the etiquette. Humility and courtesy are no less.

Yuan Yin and Zhang Xun's expression made Guo Jia very satisfied, and then he smiled and said: "The two of you came to meet the lord together, and there must be something important to come." If you don't think Guo is soft-spoken, you might as well listen to me and see if I can share the worries and solve the work for the two? ”

Before the words fell, seeing Zhang Xun and Yuan Yin's hesitant expressions and suspicious eyes, Guo Jia continued: "The two generals can rest assured. Although Guo is a scholar who has no power to tie the chicken, he is appreciated by the lord. Tim is a military advisor with the army, and he can still speak more or less in front of the lord. In addition, Guo can still handle ordinary military aircraft government affairs, which the two of them can be relieved of. ”

These words were extremely humble, but when they fell on the ears of Zhang Xun and Yuan Yin, their expressions changed suddenly, their eyelids jumped, and they hurriedly waved their hands to Guo Jia to apologize.

Immediately, Zhang Xun said respectfully: "The military advisor is too humble. Actually, the two of us didn't have much to do here, but I just came to ask the lord what else to tell the two of us. If there is an order, we will never shirk it, and we will do our best to live up to the trust of the lord. Zhang Xun's words were very tactful. To put it bluntly, he and Yuan Yin are here to show their loyalty to Li Li and test how Li Li plans to settle the two of them. After all, it is a general, after changing the lord, what they most desperately want to know is their future and destiny in the future, whether they can keep their existing fame and fortune, and whether they can be appreciated and reused by the new lord.

After Zhang Xun finished speaking, Yuan Yin echoed: "A certain also has this intention. At the moment, all the generals are busy, but I have nothing to do. In this situation, how can I bear it for the two of me? So the two of us took the initiative to come and ask for help, and let them be sent, willing to share the sorrow of the Lord. ”

"Hehehe! The two generals are really good generals! Guo Jia nodded happily and said with a smile: "The two are loyal, and the heart of the fist is overflowing, and Guo Mou thanked the two of them first." Speaking of which, there is indeed a tricky matter that needs to be solved urgently, but unfortunately the right person has not yet been found. Hehehe??????" The point is stopped, everything that should be said has been said, please be better than excited.

"Oh?" Zhang Xun and Yuan Yin were shocked when they heard this, and then they glanced at each other, reached a consensus in an instant, and nodded at each other. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xun said respectfully: "If the military advisor has any dispatch, it is incumbent on the two of us to go to the soup and fight the fire!" Yuan Yin nodded in agreement, looking at Guo Jia with hopeful eyes.

The smile on Guo Jia's face became brighter after seeing this, and then he got up and walked to the main hall, took a scroll of books from Li Zhi's hand, turned around and handed them to Zhang Xun, and said solemnly: "This is a list of the remnants of Yuan Shu, presumably the two of them are no strangers to this list, and they even had some dealings with these families before. Therefore, the two were well aware of the location of their mansion and the relatives or officials with whom they were usually close. This matter was handed over to the two of them, and there were already 2,000 cavalry on standby outside the palace, and there were 3,000 infantry troops waiting outside the north gate. I wonder what the two generals think? ”

"This ?????? No, I'll do as I am told! After a little hesitation, Zhang Xun and Yuan Yin glanced at each other, a cold light flashed in their eyes, and they reached a consensus again, and then the two bowed down and left.

Watching the two of them leave quickly with a smile, Guo Jia muttered to himself: "There is no turning back when the bow is opened." Since these two people can take the initiative to open the city gate to welcome our army into the city, they naturally don't mind being executioners again, getting rid of these big families that are in the way, and completely eradicating the foundation of the Yuan family. After all, the two of them have a close relationship with these big families, and they have close contacts, and it is easy to get started only if they are acquainted! ”

At this time, Li Li, who had been sitting upright in the upper hall and did not move, got up and walked to Guo Jia's side at some point, and said with a smile: "What Feng Xiao said is extremely true. These two took the initiative to open the city to ask for surrender, and this move had already offended the Jianghuai clan, and there was no way out. Since this is the case, he simply did not do anything, killed them all, and completely got rid of all the big families who supported Yuan Shu, so as to prevent future troubles.

Only in this way can they rest easy and their families can be preserved. At this point, their interests are aligned with ours, so the two of them are the most suitable candidates. Fengxiao is meticulous, knows people well, and guides according to the situation, this move is really clever, imaginative, and there is no trace to be found! Hehehe??????"

—————— to be continued———————————— (To be continued......

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